Tag: Inclusive Education

A report has been published by UNICEF entitled ‘Mapping of disability-inclusive education practices in South Asia’.

The objectives of this study are to map effective or promising inclusive education policies, strategies and practices implemented at all levels of the education system in the South Asia region, in increasing access and/or learning outcomes of children with disabilities in education with the potential for scaling up; and inform the development and strengthening of regional and country level advocacy and programming for advancing disability-inclusive education across South Asia.

The regional report and country-specific profiles include the key findings of this mapping, disability-inclusive education practices, gaps and challenges, as well as recommendations for moving the disability-inclusive education agenda forward.

CapAble, an online resource platform, has recently been launched to give readers the power and knowledge to put disability inclusion into action. It is a one-stop shop for tools, resources and educational materials on disability inclusion in higher education.

The online platform has been primarily designed in to support Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program Partners, in partnership with Light for the World, and is useful for anyone interested in taking on a more active role in creating an enabling environment for people with disabilities.

Nora Ingdal, International Programs Director at Save the Children, Norway,  is a guest in episode four of the Atlas Alliance’s podcast series “Road to Inclusion” with the title: Global Disability Summit: An opportunity to realize education for all’.

Host Gagan Chhabra, Project Manager Inclusion at the Atlas Alliance, talks to Ingdal about the need to have children and youth with disabilities included in the education system.  They discuss which ways Save the Children can support the Global Disability Summit in general and the Global Disability Summit for children and youth with disabilities in particular.

They also talk about the vulnerability of children and youth with disabilities and the necessity to facilitate them to accentuate their authentic voices.

You can watch and listen to Nora Ingdal on YouTube, Spotify, and Soundcloud.

It’s official! NORRAG’s new website has launched.

NORRAG stands for Network for International policies and cooperation in education.

NORRAG’s core mandate is to address under-researched questions of quality and equity in key issues in education and development, and in amplifying under-represented expertise particularly from the South.

Take a look at the website and let them know what you think by filling out their survey.

BRAC’s innovative Play Lab model, developed in partnership with the LEGO Foundation, brings joyful, play-based early learning to young children ages three to five and provides children with the early start they deserve.

The University of Cambridge’s PEDAL Centre, BRAC, Columbia University, and the LEGO Foundation hosted this virtual event where BRAC and Columbia University released exciting new research findings from the Play Labs in Bangladesh and the importance of early childhood development (ECD).

You can see the webinar recording, presentations, and further explore BRAC’s Play Lab findings in Bangladesh in the research brief.

For more information on BRAC’s Play Labs and additional resources, please visit BRAC’s newly launched PlayBook knowledge hub.

In 2015, the United Nations called for a data revolution that would encourage use of multiple sources and enable inclusion of aspects previously neglected in global monitoring, such as equity. In recent years, the Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report has focused on ways to make more efficient and effective use of information from multiple survey sources to support SDG 4 (‘Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all’) monitoring.

VIEW, a new website that is a result of these efforts, consolidates data sources to estimate a consistent time series of the completion rate to help make the approach more accessible to countries. It’s maps plot differences among countries while graphs highlight the sources that enter into the calculation of national estimates

The model and website is discussed further on the UNESCO’s World Education blog.

Read ‘Liberia: a safe environment welcomes children back at school’.

This blog article highlights how, with support from GPE and UNICEF, the government of Liberia is making good progress in promoting safe learning and ensuring children can stay healthy while in school.